'This is an excellent starting place for someone exploring the art and craft of writing fiction.' Publishers Weekly.
'An honest engaging guide with lessons every writer, at any stage, will benefit from.' Jhumpra Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies
'The
strength of this book is its accessibility: It explains all the basics
of writing fiction in a simple, easy-to-understand manner that doesn't
intimidate.' The Writer

Gotham Writers' Workshop teaches the craft of writing in a way that is practical, accessible, and entertaining.

Inside you'll find: The fundamentals of fiction craft - character,
plot, point of view, etc, illustrated with passages from great works of
fiction; The complete text of Cathedral by Raymond Carver - a
masterpiece of contemporary short fiction that is analysed throughout
the book; Exercises that let you immediately apply what you learn to
your writing.

Written by Gotham Writers Workshop expert instructors, Writing Fiction
offers the same methods and exercises that have earned the school
international acclaim. Once you've read - and written - your way
through this book, you'll be able to turn your ideas into effective
short stories and novels. You will be a writer.

Gotham Writers' Workshop is America's leading private creative
writing school, offering classes in New York and online at
writingclasses.com. The schools celebrated interactive online classes
were selected as the "Best of the Web" by Forbes, and have attracted
thousands of aspiring writers from across the globe.